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Israeli Activists and Celebrities Urge the PM to Avoid Deporting Migrant Worker’s Children

March 10th, 2010

Israel News

A decision on the fate of the 1,200 children of migrant workers in Israel is expected soon. By the end of this month an inter-governmental committee will present its recommendations on the subject to the Minister of Interior. In an unusual move, the committee officials invited members of Israeli mig…

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Jordan: Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse

March 10th, 2010

Abusive employers Housemaids Jordan Suicide Working conditions

Below is the translation from Arabic of an article that appeared in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustur last month. Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse Amman – Al-Dustur Newspaper – Fares Al-Habashneh 13 February, 2010 Foreign housemaids in Jordan are slowly but surely beginning to raise t...

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Israel NGO Encourages Employers to Force their Non-Jewish Workers to Sign Loyalty Pledges to the Jewish People

March 7th, 2010

Israel Racism

Recently an Israeli NGO distributed leaflets in at least two cities calling on Israelis to force their non-Jewish workers to sign documents that pledge loyalty to the Jewish people. Over the last month the Lobby for Jewish Values, an anti-gentile NGO, distributed leaflets in Safad and Ashdod calling...

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Saudi Media Acknowledges that Sponsor Abuse Drives Maids to Suicide

March 7th, 2010

Abusive employers Housemaids Saudi Arabia Suicide

The Arab Times, Saudi’s leading English-language paper recently published a report about the prevalence of suicide by housemaids as a result of abuse and maltreatment. Most recently, a 30-year-old maid committed suicide in Saudi on February 26. Below is the article by Arab Times. This article ...

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Modern-Day Slavery in the UAE: Unpaid Filipino Maid Beaten and Starved for Years

March 2nd, 2010

Abusive employers Housemaids Slavery UAE

A Filipina housemaid was starved, abused, kept locked inside and not given salaries for three years by her employers in the UAE, Khaleej Times reported last month. The woman, Baina Mokalam (27) came to work for a Egyptian family in the UAE as a maid three years ago. Baina said that whenever she aske...

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The plight of Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Gulf

March 2nd, 2010

Bahrain Gulf Saudi Arabia

This post was contributed by Kashfia Rahman, a Bangladeshi activist: Saudi Arabia and other parts of the world have neglected and mistreated migrant workers without being given the basic human rights. Around 90,000 Bangladeshi migrant workers live and work in Bahrain, 10 per cent of the total popul...

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Lebanese rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center

March 1st, 2010

Lebanon Prison Prisoners Videos

Protesters rally to close ‘disgraceful’ retention center / The Daily Star Lebanon must immediately close a “disgraceful” retention center where refugees and migrants are held arbitrarily in appalling conditions, activists demanded Sunday. Braving heavy rain, around 60 people demonstr...

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400 Migrant Workers Strike in Bahrain due to Unpaid Wages

February 28th, 2010

Bahrain Workers

Nearly 400 workers employed in the company in charge of building the Isa Town flyover have gone unpaid for the last three months, the Gulf Daily News reported this week. Last Wednesday (February 24), the workers who are employed by the Korean company Sungwon protested in front of the Bahraini Labour...

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Over 230 Foreigners Languish in Lebanese Prisons after Completing their Terms

February 27th, 2010

Lebanon Prison

Yesterday, 14 Lebanese and international human rights organizations voiced their opposition to the continued detention of migrants and refugees in a letter to Lebanese Prime Minister, President and Ministers of Interior and Justice. Currently, over 230 foreigners including 13 refugees who have compl...

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